US Code

Public Law 119-102 (07/12/2026)

20 U.S.C. § 1070c–4

“Community service” defined

Section text and notes

For the purpose of this subpart, the term “community service” means services, including direct service, planning, and applied research which are identified by an institution of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, and which—
(1)
are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to the needs of such residents, including but not limited to, such fields as health care, child care, education, literacy training, welfare, social services, public safety, crime prevention and control, transportation, recreation, housing and neighborhood improvement, rural development, and community improvement; and
(2)
provide participating students with work-learning opportunities related to their educational or vocational programs or goals.

Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 415FPub. L. 99–498, title IV, § 401(a)100 Stat. 1336 Pub. L. 100–50, § 5101 Stat. 340 Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 407(c)(1)112 Stat. 1666 (, formerly § 415E, as added , , ; amended , , ; renumbered § 415F, , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 415EPub. L. 94–482, title I, § 123(c)(3)90 Stat. 2094 Pub. L. 95–43, § 1(a)(7)91 Stat. 213 Pub. L. 96–374, title IV, § 404(d)94 Stat. 1407 A prior section 1070c–4, , as added , , ; amended , , , related to a program of bonus allotments, prior to repeal by , , , eff. .

Amendments

Pub. L. 100–501987—Par. (1). substituted “literacy” for “literary”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–50Pub. L. 99–498section 27 of Pub. L. 100–50section 1001 of this titleAmendment by effective as if enacted as part of the Higher Education Amendments of 1986, , see , set out as a note under .